A group of protesters called Anonymous Autonomous stormed a former bank building in downtown Santa Cruz with techno music blaring and their voices screaming at police officers who tried to stop them.

But three days later, each of the 30 occupiers slipped away into the night, quiet as a mouse.

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Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said he got word that Anonymous Autonomous had left 75 River Street just before 9 p.m. Saturday.

Firefighters and police battered down a large doorway that occupiers had barricaded with furniture, wooden boards, chains and locks. They searched the tattered abandoned building and found no one.

It was an anti-climactic and peaceful end to Anonymous Autonomous' building takeover.

Anonymous Autonomous is a mishmash alliance between Occupy Santa Cruz protesters who are angry with an economy that breeds inequality, rebellious University of California at Santa Cruz students, and chilly homeless residents.

Santa Cruz police warned occupiers on Friday that they would raid the building and take it back by force if they did not leave.

The building's manager cut off electricity and water on Friday night, leaving trespassers in the dark.

"It was difficult, especially given the lack of a central figure in the group to negotiate, and their initial greeting of expletives and slurs about police," Vogel said.

Police said they believe six people led the building occupation: Paul Johnston, Steve Pleich, Brent Adams, Desiree Foster, Gabriella aka "Wildcat," and Mindi Lawrence.

"Thankfully, the group was able to show the maturity that had been lacking in the first three days of the takeover," Vogel said.

Vogel said even though the building occupiers left, police will still find them and press criminal charges.

"I can't make it clearer that no one has a First Amendment right to break into someone's property, commit acts of felony vandalism and ignore the law," Vogel said about the building occupiers. "Their actions were senseless and childish and diverted our limited resources."

Clashes between law enforcement officers and anti-Wall Street protesters have ignited across the country, as Occupy -- fill in the blank -- groups mobilized and made their voices heard.

So far, Santa Cruz police, who work in a famously liberal city, have been hands off with the 100 occupiers camping in San Lorenzo Park for more than 50 days.

As a split off faction of Occupy Santa Cruz, Anonymous Autonomous' recent hostility towards police may prompt more police action.

"No longer can we trust that their intentions are purely political protest or other reasonably protected First Amendment actions. We witnessed anarchists, like those involved in the May Day riots, openly participating in the initial takeover," Vogel said.

At 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, police arrested two more people camping in San Lorenzo Park.

Edwin Frey, 71, of Soquel, and Kevin Jones, 40, of Felton, were moved from San Lorenzo Park to the Santa Cruz County jail on charges of battery and interfering with a peace officer.